Getting to know the Sound Premier Team...SARA BENDORF



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Sara Bendorf
Height: 5’11”
Position: OH
College: Jacksonville University 2006-2009

High School: White River High School

Club: Puget Sound Volleyball Academy

 

2nd Year with the Sound Premier Volleyball Team. 

 

Professional Career:

Bendorf was a starting outside hitter for the Sound Premier Volleyball Team at the 2013 Premier Volleyball League Championship Tournament.  She was featured in showcase matches and community outreach events throughout the 2013 season.  Her combination of speed and power makes her a player to watch during this year's Sound Premier Volleyball Team season. 

Collegiate Career:

Bendorf attended Jacksonville University in 2006-2009. As a senior she was named first team all-conference.

As a junior, she led the Dophin offense and earned second team all-conference honors with 3.38 kills per game.  Also named to the A-Sun all-tournament team after averaging 4.09 kills and 2.45 digs in three matches. One of only two A-Sun players to average over three kills and digs per game during the season.  Earned A-Sun All-Academic Honors her sophomore and junior year.

As a sophomore, Bendorf led the squad with an average of 3.42 kills per game ranking her sixth in the conference. She was also named A-Sun “Player of the Week” (9/25).

Prior to JU Bendorf played at Northwest University and was named to the Cascade Conference all-conference team and was selected “Freshman of the Year”.

High School Career:

Sara was a four-year starter at White River High School and led them to the state championship match her senior year.  Bendorf was named team MVP, captain her senior year and earned first team all-league and all-area honors. Bendorf was also Seamount League MVP and to the all-state team.

Sara is currently coaching for Synergy VBC U15s.

 

 

Meet and watch Sara play at the Sound Premier Showcase this Friday!

Friday, February 21 at Fife High School
Sound Volleyball Experience:6-6:40pm

Sound Premier Match at 7pm

Click Here to Get Tickets

 

Sound Premier Qualify for the Bronze Bracket of the Premier Volleyball League Championship After Two Close Losses.

The performances of the Sound Premier Volleyball Team have steadily improved throughout the Premier Volleyball League Championship tournament and today they treated fans to two exciting matches against the Pioneer Mayhem and Team Great Lakes.  The Sound came out on the losing end of both matches, but performed at their highest level so far.

The team struggled through an 8am match against the #4 seed Pioneer Mayhem losing 0-3 with two close set loses in set two and three.  Sara bendorf had no problem waking up for the early match.  She put up 10 kills and Lindsey Denman contributed six more.  Angie Alvord scored eight points in the early morning match with four kills, two blocks and two aces.  The Mayhem went on to qualify for the Gold bracket and will be among the four best teams in the tournament.

Sound Premier came out strong against Team Great Lakes winning the first set 30-28.  Angie Alvord scored 14 points for the Sound on a team leading eight kills, four blocks and two aces.  The Sound nearly pulled off the upset, but the fast tempo offense of Great Lakes was just a touch too strong.  Katie Silliman, Whitney Buck, Emily Jepsen and Jessica Vanzant all had a hand in three blocks.  The team tallied five total aces.

Next up for the Sound is an 8am Eastern time match against the Heart of America Havoc on court 4.  The match will be streamed live through usavlive.org.

PVL Gold Bracket Qualifiers
Iowa Ice
Pioneer Mayhem
Florida Wave
Dream Team North California


PVL Silver Bracket Qualifiers
Hoosier Exterminators
Team Great Lakes
Team North Texas
Badger Blizzards

PVL Bronze Bracket Qualifiers
Puget Sound Premier
Heart of America
Arizona Sizzle
Team Evergreen
Great Plains Tornados





Follow all of the Results Here

Congratulations to the Iowa Ice for the upset of the tournament against defending champion and number one seed Hoosier Exterminators.

Sound Premier Qualify for Second Round of the Championship Bracket at the Premier Volleyball League Championship

The Sound Premier Volleyball Team recovered from a difficult first day at the Premier Volleyball League National Championship to earn a spot in the second round of championship bracket pool play.  The team won against the Western Empire squad to start the day 3-1 and lost a wild match to the Badger Blizzard 1-3 which was enough to finish fourth in pool one and advance to the next round.

The Sound Premier offense finally found its tempo against Western Empire with four players scoring double digit kill totals.  Jessica Vanzant paced the offense with 14 kills.  Sara Bendorf had 12 and Katie Silliman and Marlayna Geary both tallied 10 kills.  Angie Alvord came up with nine kills three blocks and four aces.

After earning their first win of the tournament, the Sound played a wild match against the Badger Blizzard who are having a fantastic first season in the Premier Volleyball League.  Badger won the first set, before the Sound Premier service game heated up and allowed them to win the second match easily.  Through the match the Sound tallied 14 aces, led by four aces by Whitney Buck and three by Alvord.  Geary had eight kills and Silliman had three blocks.  Emily Jepsen provided a spark off the bench with four kills and for the second day of the tournament every player on the Sound Premier Team saw playing time.

The Sound will face the Pioneer Mayhem at 8am Eastern time Monday morning in the first match of the three team pool.  At 1pm Eastern time, the Sound will play against Team Great Lakes.  The winner of the three team pool will be assured a finish in the top four of the tournament. 

Click here to see the results and schedules for the entire Premier Volleyball League Tournament.

Sound Premier Volleyball Team Falls Twice on Tough First Day of Volleyball at the Premier Volleyball Leauge National Championship Tournament.

#11 Sara Bendorf led all hitters at the 1st day of the PVL Championship.
Image Courtesy of Dig That Shot Photography

The Sound Premier Volleyball Team started their first match of the Premier Volleyball League Tournament at 5am Pacific time, which was 8am local time in Louisville, KY.  Not only did they face a tough time difference, but they also faced the number one team in the tournament, defending champions The Hoosier Exterminators.  The Sound fell in straight sets to the Exterminators and lost by the same score later in the morning to the Northern California Dream Team.

Outside hitter Sara Bendorf led all hitters for the Sound with 11 kills.  She also tallied two blocks for a team leading total of 13 points scored on the day.  Captain Katie Silliman had five kills in the middle to go with her team leading 6 blocks.  Angie Alvord also had a good day in the middle with seven kills, two blocks and an ace.  Outside hitter Marlayna Geary contributed eight kills and opposite Jessica Vanzant scored seven points on four kills and three blocks.

Leilani Ramsey anchored the Sound defense through the course of the day and was the foundation of their rapidly improving serve receive.  Whitney Buck and Ashley Allen shared time at setter through the two matches as head coach Bill Neville searched for winning combinations.  All 12 players on the Sound Premier roster say playing time on day one of the tournament.

The Sound will continue to pool play starting at 8:30am Pacific time on Sunday May 26 against the Western Empire team.  They will play their final match of the initial five team pool at 1:30pm Pacific time on Sunday.  The top four teams of the pool will be seeded into the second round of the championship tournament which will be played on Monday May 27.  The bottom team will be seeded into the consolation bracket.

PVL Update

Pool 1
The #1 seed Hoosier Exterminators are undefeated after the first day of the tournament.  They postedvictories over the Sound Premier Team and the Badger Blizzards.  They will likely face the North California Dream Team for the Pool One top spot on Sunday.  Pool 1 Standings

Pool 2
Team North Texas leads Pool two with a two win zero loss record.  Arizona, Great Plains and Great Lakes are all in the hunt to finish at the top of that pool.  Team Evergreen is 0-2 and nervously hoping that outside hitter Meghan Ganzer will be able to play in the rest of the tournament after rolling her ankle on Saturday.  Pool 2 Standings

Pool 3
The Pioneer Mayhem arrived on the PVL scene and declared themselves contenders with wins over the Iowa Ice and Team New England.  Iowa Ice pulled the upset of the day with a five set win over the #3 seeded Florida Wave.  The Heart of America Havoc suffered through a tough first day of the tournament with a pair of losses.  Pool 3 Standings

Live Streaming of the PVL Championship
Click Here for Live Streaming of the 2013 Premier Volleyball League Championship
Court 3 Sunday May 26 vs Western Empire  8:30am Pacific TimeCourt 4 Sunday May 26 vs Badger Blizzard  1:30pm Pacific Time

Images of the March 16 Showcase Match vs M.O.B.

Here are the images from the March 16 Showcase match vs M.O.B at the Lake Stevens Volleyball Training Center.


Tickets are still available for the next home match on April 13 in Lake Stevens. Click Here to Get Them

Sound Premier Volleyball Team Inter-Squad Showcase Event in Pictures by Dig That Shot Photography

Prior to the Sound Premier Volleyball Team Showcase match, the team took the time to play queen of the court with a collections of USA Volleyball Junior Players participating in the Sound Volleyball Experience.

Team Cascades won the Inter-Squad Scrimmage 3-0 on the strength of 11 kills by Jane Collymore and a 14 point performance by Jessica Sanborn. It was the Lil PJs who stole the show as they escorted their new friends to the court.

Following the match, fans young and old got the chance to get autographs and take pictures with their new heroes. The team signed everything from volleyballs to sweatshirts for their fans.